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6) Northpole
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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Northpole, the magical home to Santa and Mrs. Claus, has grown into a huge city powered by the magic of holiday happiness around the world. Yet as people everywhere get too busy to enjoy festive time together, the city is in trouble. Who can help save the cherished traditions of Christmas? One young boy, Kevin, might have a chance if he can convince his protective mom, Chelsea, to rediscover the magic of the season.
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"A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast." --
Have you ever stopped to consider why you don't see metal fire escapes on new buildings? Or pondered the story behind those dancing inflatable figures in car dealerships? Mars and Kohlstedt reveal the stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse....
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This brilliant and eye-opening look at the new phenomenon called the aerotropolis gives us a glimpse of the way we will live in the near future-and the way we will do business too.
Not so long ago, airports were built near cities, and roads connected the one to the other. This pattern-the city in the center, the airport on the periphery- shaped life in the twentieth century, from the central city to exurban sprawl. Today, the ubiquity of jet travel,...
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. Based on the award-winning and wildly popular web series, this follows the drunken and often incoherent narration of historical moments. Viewers explore rich culture and history on a tour of cities across America, with a twist ... of lime.
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Do cities work anymore? How did they get to be such sprawling conglomerations of lookalike subdivisions, mega freeways, and "big box" superstores surrounded by acres of parking lots? And why, most of all, don't they feel like real communities? These are the questions that Alex Marshall tackles in this hard-hitting, highly readable look at what makes cities work.
Marshall argues that urban life has broken down because of our basic ignorance of the...
17) Ghosts of the glory trail: intimate glimpses into the past and present of 275 western ghosttowns
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Desert Magazine Press
Pub. Date
1956
Language
English
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The Village Collaborative
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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"Explores the intersection of the 'tiny house movement' and tent cities organized by the homeless, to present an accessible and sustainable housing paradigm that can improve the quality of life for everyone"--Back cover.
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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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We live in a world defined by urbanization and digital ubiquity, where mobile broadband connections outnumber fixed ones, machines dominate a new "Internet of things," and more people live in cities than in the countryside. In Smart Cities, urbanist and technology expert Anthony Townsend takes a broad historical look at the forces that have shaped the planning and design of cities and information technologies from the rise of the great industrial...
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